Maritime Summit nets Rs 83K-cr investment proposalsThe maiden Maritime Summit here has resulted in investment commitments of nearly Rs 83,000 crore ($13 billion) in the shipping, ports and allied sectors, Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said. - 15 Apr 16, 9:50pm -
Manish Tewari said since Jammu and Kashmir is a frontline border state, it is imperative that the Governor keeps a close watch on the situation. - 15 Apr 16, 9:50pm -
Protest goes up in smoke: ITC to resume cigarette manufacturing after court orderThe Kolkata-headquartered firm had suspended manufacturing at all its five cigarette factories saying there was a lack of clarity in policy. - 15 Apr 16, 9:49pm -
On Kejriwal's "populist measures" in Delhi, the former Punjab CM alleged that Kejriwal had "fooled" people at every step of his public life. - 15 Apr 16, 9:44pm -
Delhi government has banned all chewing tobacco products, including pan masala, gutkha, flavoured and scented tobacco and kharra, for a year. - 15 Apr 16, 9:40pm -
All categories of income tax return forms online. File it, forget it E-filing of income tax return for all category of filers for the assessment year 2016-17 has been operationalised. CBDT had notified the new forms on March 30. - 15 Apr 16, 9:00pm -
Minority Affairs Minister will launch the scheme simultaneously for six centres in as many villages through video conferencing from Girls' College in Mansa town. - 15 Apr 16, 8:59pm -
Taking cognizance of Mamata Banerjee's outburst against the EC for slapping a showcause notice against her, the poll panel has decided to examine her comments made in public meetings across the state. - 15 Apr 16, 8:56pm -
The 24-hour trip comes just days after Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi became the highest-ranking European leader to visit Tehran since July's nuclear accord. - 15 Apr 16, 8:55pm -
The TMC supremo accused the poll panel of acting only on the complaints of opposition-sponsored "syndicates" and transferring police officers. - 15 Apr 16, 8:53pm -
The government has deployed them with rose stems in their hands across the national capital to request violators to follow odd-even rules. - 15 Apr 16, 8:44pm -
German labour rules may force Daimler to create more software and technology jobs abroad as it strives to develop a new generation of driverless vehicles. - 15 Apr 16, 8:39pm -
Jayalalithaa accused Karunanidhi of being a "party" in India ceding Katchatheevu islet to Sri Lanka, by not moving court against the Centre's decision. - 15 Apr 16, 8:36pm -
Keshav Maurya asked the party leaders to maintain distance from contractors, sycophants, middlemen and to never ignore the party workers. - 15 Apr 16, 8:32pm -
"Russia's military presence in Syria is just as powerful now as it was at the end of 2015," said Nick de Larrinaga, Europe Editor of IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. - 15 Apr 16, 8:29pm -
Europe's top economies called for a crackdown on tax havens and urged G20 countries to rip away the secrecy protecting shell companies. - 15 Apr 16, 8:27pm -
One more 'water' train with 50 wagons of 27 lakh litre capacity left today for Miraj in Maharashtra to cater to the needs of the parched Marathwada region which is battling its worst-ever drought. - 15 Apr 16, 8:25pm -
Bombardier Inc shares jumped 16.3% to C$1.78 in early trading following reports that the Canadian plane and train-maker is poised to secure the largest order ever. - 15 Apr 16, 8:23pm -
Nitish Kumar today said social change due to the ban was transcending the boundaries of Bihar triggering similar demands in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh by women. - 15 Apr 16, 8:14pm -
Kohli's refusal to endorse cola brands hurts Pepsi, but it also raises many questions about his other brand assignments - 14 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:31am -
A draft notification by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has not gone down well with the industry which said it would increase compliance burden on them at a time when they are already struggling to cope up with issues of GST. However, some of them said that the notification is aimed at bringing about transparency. The CBDT had proposed that companies and taxpayers who have to get their accounts audited will be required to submit their income estimates and tax liability for six months of… - 15 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:30am -
The merged company expects to cut costs by € 400-600 million a year, mainly by slashing back-office expenses, optimising distribution and squeezing suppliers - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:59am -
Automobile component major Sona group has hired a head of technology in order to help it negotiate changes the advent of electric vehicles would bring to its business. "The component industry will go through a major disruption. We need to be prepared before it hits us," says Chief Executive Officer Sunjay Kapur.The $30-billion Indian automobile component industry is in the throes of disruption, as vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine are replaced by battery-operated electric vehicl… - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:54am -
New Delhi, 20 SeptemberThe Narendra Modi government faces narrative altering next two months. As it brainstorms a policy initiative to spur economic growth, criticism of the government's economic policies is increasing not just from the Opposition and on social media, but within the party and the Sangh Parivar.Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliates have let the government know of their concerns on the steep diesel and petrol prices, poor job growth, agrarian distress and the difficulties t… - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:51am -
After talks between West Bengal government and the Darjeeling hill parties failed for the second time to resolve the onoging indefinite shutdown in the hills, the Mamata Banerjee led government revived the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) and appointed rebel Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leader Binay Tamang as its chairperson.The GTA was formed in 2011 after a tri-partite agreement between the Centre, the state government and the hill parties which had administrative powers to govern the h… - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:48am -
The earthquake toppled dozens of buildings, tore gas mains and sparked fires across the city and other towns in central Mexico - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:45am -
There were 10 deals worth $210.51 million and 4 exits worth $76.57 million in the past seven days ended September 20, 2017 - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:41am -
Rival suitor Western Digital has initiated legal action, arguing no deal can be done without its consent due to its position as Toshiba's joint venture chip partner - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:25am -
GST Council has allowed businesses to file their initial tax returns in form GSTR-3B in the first six months of GST rollout - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:18am -
The government of South Korea has expressed a desire to widen the existing trade agreement with India, a day before commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu is to visit Seoul for a review.However, the Government of India (GoI) might not be keen on broadening the terms, a senior commerce department official indicated. Pointing to the massive gold import from Korea in recent months apart from remaining non-tariff barriers, he said many parts of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement… - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:17am -
The increase in freight volume was mainly due to double-digit growth rates in originating loading for steel, iron ore, cement, container - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:15am -
This was as part of disinvestment exercise, which has been formulated in line with view that managing hotels is not the job of the govt or its entities - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:02am -
Group faces its biggest challenge, with telecom biz making huge losses, Nano becoming a non-starter, overseas acquisitions not yielding desired results - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:59am -
Opec and non-Opec producers including Russia have agreed to reduce output by about 1.8 million barrels per day until March - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:59am -
Last week, Kae Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, closed its second fund at $53 million. SASHA MIRCHANDANI, founder and managing director, tells Ranju Sarkar why he's bullish on consumers and consumer internet. Edited excerpts:How will your second fund differ from the first? It will be relatively similar. However, we will invest in non-tech, consumer-facing businesses in this fund. Also, we will invest up to a million dollars in the seed round, whereas we invested a maximum of $500,00… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:57am -
The woman has filed a lawsuit in a US court against Uber, Kalanick and Alexander of violating her for a second time - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:55am -
The Centre is in favour of creating a separate segment within the existing electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NaM) portal to record purchases done under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism segregated from online bidding.Though in principle, officials said it is opposed to the whole practice given that selling of agriculture produce at pre-determined MSP through the e-NaM portal belies the entire concept of price discovery through open competitive bidding and superficially jacks up… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:52am -
Make in India initiative and plans to set up coastal economic zones of the government can take a leaf out of the World Bank report which says that advances in technology and changing trade patterns are affecting opportunities for export-led manufacturing. The report, Trouble in the Making? The Future of Manufacturing-Led Development, says smart automation, advanced robotics and 3-D printing are new factors influencing which locations are attractive for production. While these shifts threaten sig… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:48am -
Over the past three years, CBA Capital has established a deep understanding of the space working with young edtech companies - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:46am -
SBI Life Insurance Company has raised Rs 2,226 crore ($346 million) from anchor investors, the latter including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and the sovereign wealth funds of Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Norway. The insurer, a joint venture between State Bank of India and BNP Paribas Cardif, sold 31.8 million shares to a bunch of anchor investors at Rs 700 each, ahead of its Initial Public Offer of equity (IPO) which opened on Wednesday and closes on Friday.CPPIB took 2.24 mi… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:41am -
The Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi) proposed move to simplify category classifications of mutual fund (MF) schemes might lead to a change in the definition of balanced funds. Sebi has been going slow on approving balanced funds in the past few years, unofficially insisting on a 50:50 equity to debt mix for new ones. At present, there is no standard definition. Several fund houses offer balanced schemes that have an equity allocation of 65 per cent or higher. This allows them to b… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:39am -
Ashok Leyland has gained 20 per cent on the bourses over the past month on expectation of a recovery in volume growth in the second half of the current financial year and, more important, additional market share gains in the commercial vehicle (CV) space. It is also taking other steps to help propel growth rates. After having gained 11 percentage points in market share in the medium and heavy CV (M&HCV) space over the past five years, it is expected to add a further 100-200 basis points (bps) ov… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:39am -
Inflows of $140 million in August lowest in 2017; China most preferred among Asia-Pacific and emerging markets funds - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:38am -
Are banks getting boxed in after introduction of the Bankruptcy Code? The signs are pointing that way. Not only are they looking at prospects of steep haircuts (write-offs) on their loans; the Code would mean banks losing their business to the bond market. The Code is also upsetting the traditional rules of the games, where banks sold the personal guarantor's assets if a company was in default. This Monday, the Chennai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) ruled against State Bank of… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:36am -
The skidding of SpiceJet Boeing 737 plane at Mumbai on Tuesday night disrupted flight operations and put a spotlight on safety concerns at the airport.Fifty one flights were diverted and over 150 canceled through the day following the closure of main runway. Fluctuating winds and poor visibility compounded the problem. No one was injured in the incident but it brought to fore safety issues at the country's second busiest airport.Mumbai airport has two intersecting runways (09/27 and 14/32) and a… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:33am -
After having cut call termination charges to six paise a minute, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) wants mobile telephone operators to reduce their voice call costs to the level of over-the-top (OTT) applications. The latter's voice call costs are a fraction of a paisa a minute, as against 30-35p a minute in traditional second-generation technology (2G) networks. Trai says this shift is possible if all service providers implement advanced IP-based networks. This would also result… - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:27am -
Fund managers have increased their quantum of investments in the top 10 by 43% so far in 2017 to Rs 1.52 lakh crore, from Rs 1.06 lakh crore - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:14am -
India will rise as an economic superpower, supplying more than half of the increase in Asia's potential workforce over the coming decade - 18 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 11:19pm -
The Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI)'s decision to cut interconnect usage charge (IUC) by 57 per cent from 1st October and further to nil from start of 2020 further boosted street sentiment towards Reliance Industries (RIL). The RIL stock hit new highs of Rs 872.10 following expectations of better prospects of its telecom venture, Jio. Although analysts had expected IUC charges to be revised from current 14 paise to 7 paise per minute, TRAI reduced it to 6 paise effective 1st October. This sh… - 18 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 11:16pm -
Former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane today quit the Congress, amid speculation that he was planning to join the BJP.Announcing that he has quit the party, Rane accused the Congress of re... - 29 mins ago, 21 Sep 17, 5:06pm -
The Supreme Court today warned three top BCCI office-bearers of serious consequences if they do not give suggestions on the cash-rich cricket body’s draft constitution in accordance with its judgemen... - 41 mins ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:54pm -
The speed of the fastest bullet train, first started in August 2008, was reduced to 300 kmph following a deadly accident in July 2011. - 53 mins ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:42pm -
The rupee slumped to 64.84 as the dollar strengthened overseas following the outcome of the Fed meet. The US currency strengthened as expectations of rate hike by the US Federal Reserve grew stron... - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:35pm -
Gold dropped to its lowest level in over three weeks on Thursday as a stronger dollar and increasing prospects of a December rate hike by the Federal Reserve curbed appetite for the metal. Spot go... - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:28pm -
Kamal Haasan lauded Arvind Kejriwal for his fight against communalism and corruption after meeting the Delhi CM in Chennai on Thursday. We had a very good meeting, exchanged ideas on the situation... - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:28pm -
Private sector Bandhan Bank today said it is planning to come out with an initial public offer (IPO) in the early part of the next fiscal. “We have recently appointed five merchant bankers and the... - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:22pm -
Signals the Federal Reserve will hike US interest rates again this year and begin the 'Great Unwinding' of a decade of aggressive stimulus, drove the dollar to a two-month high versus the yen on Thur... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:05pm -
Ousted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry today said the NCLAT judgement has vindicated his stand, while Tata Sons said the allegations made by the petitioners are incorrect and it will defend its posit... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:02pm -
Banking shares drove European bourses higher on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve signalled a likely December rate hike and announced it would begin trimming its balance sheet in October. The ... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:57pm -
India has taken a series of steps to ensure the common man has access to financial services, SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya said as she called for collaboration among the government, the banking... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:47pm -
Tata Motors on Thursday announced its entry into the growing compact SUV segment with the commercial launch of its compact SUV, the Tata Nexon. With an introductory price of Rs. 5,85,000 ex-showro... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:43pm -
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Thursday said that it will study the award given by the London Court of International Arbitration to arrive at a decision in the ongoing dispute between... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:36pm -
Maria has killed at least 10 people as it raged through the Caribbean, the second major hurricane to do so this month - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:31pm -
Oil prices steadied on Thursday, holding most of their recent gains before a meeting of oil producers that could extend production limits aimed at clearing a glut that has depressed the market for mo... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:26pm -
The dollar rose to a two-month high against the yen and extended its gains against the euro on Thursday after a hawkish-sounding Federal Reserve heightened expectations for an interest rate hike in D... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:22pm -
Given the lack of considerable space both on the monetary and fiscal front to support economic growth, part of the country’s forex reserves can be used to support GDP numbers, says a Deutsch Bank rep... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:17pm -
Turkey, Iran and Iraq today urged Iraq’s Kurdistan region to abandon a planned referendum on independence, threatening unspecified “counter-measures” if it goes ahead with the vote.The foreign min... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:14pm -
India’s foodgrain production may decline by 3.5 million tonnes to around 135 million ton (MT) in the current kharif season due to floods and dry spell in some parts of the country, official sources s... - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:14pm -
Cadila Healthcare’s US arm, Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, is recalling 44,800 bottles of antidepressant Paroxetine tablets from the American market, the US health regulator said in a report.In it... - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:59pm -
Danish biotechnology firm Novozymes on Thursday launched an open innovation initiative called HelloScience, which would encourage collaborative efforts to find solutions for global challenges identif... - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:49pm -
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in the country, has appointed B Sambamurthy as interim Chairman of the board. According to a... - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:31pm -
Hospitality chain Lemon Tree Hotels has filed draft papers with markets regulator SEBI to float an initial public offering. The public offer comprises sale of up to 195,797,000 equity shares by th... - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:19pm -
IndoSpace, a leading player in the country's industrial real estate space, said that it will add six million sq ft of space by FY 18. The aim is to reach 50 million sq ft of light manufacturing sp... - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:09pm -
The Custom Pharmaceutical Services (CPS) facility of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd at its Technology Development Centre (TDC-1), Miyapur here has cleared the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) aud... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:57pm -
Shares of Matrimony.com, which runs online match-making portals, made a flat debut on the bourses today against its issue price of Rs 985.The scrip got listed at Rs 985 on the BSE. It later tumble... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:46pm -
Yesteryear Bollywood actor Shakila, known for her work in films like Aar Paar and CID, died at at her residence here after a heart attack, family sources said today. She was 82.The “Baabuji dheere... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:40pm -
Shares of Orchid Pharma surged as the company has got favourable USFDA inspection report for the facility.The stock jumped by its daily limit of 19.9 per cent to Rs 21.35, highest since August 23.... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:40pm -
Shares of Dr Reddy's Labs jumped as Morgan Stanley has raised its rating on the stock. The drug maker shares were trading higher by 6.19 per cent at Rs 2,456.70, highest since August 3. The stock ... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:31pm -
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Luis Da Costa has supported India’s bid for a permanent membership of the UN Security Council, asserting that efforts must continue to ensure greater representation ... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:31pm -
Foreign Ministers of G4 countries, including India, have called for an “early reform” of the UN Security Council and expansion of its permanent and non-permanent members.At a meeting here on the side... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:27pm -
The destructive M7.1 (magnitue 7.1 on the Richter Scale) earthquake that shook Mexico City occurred even as an international non-profit was conducting a safety drill in the Mexican capital. Writin... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:20pm -
India skipper Virat Kohli elected to bat after winning the toss against Australia in the second ODI, here today.India are fielding an unchanged side from the last game in Chennai which they won by 26... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:17pm -
More than 120 countries approved the new nuclear weapons ban treaty in July over opposition from nuclear-armed countries and their allies - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:11pm -
South Korea has decided to resume humanitarian aid to North Korea to help children and pregnant women, but didn’t determine when to provide the $8 million worth of assistance amid tensions created by... - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:07pm -
A naxal was killed in a gun-battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Sukma district today, police said.“The exchange of fire took place early this morning in the forests between P... - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:04pm -
India has been growing "pretty robustly”, World Bank President Jim Kim has said as he predicted a strong global growth this year. Speaking at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum meeting here ... - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:55pm -
The CBI has arrested retired Orissa High Court judge Ishrat Masroor Quddusi and four others in connection with a corruption case, agency sources said here today.The arrests were made late last night ... - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:41pm -
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) today allowed pleas by two Cyrus Mistry firms seeking waiver in filing a case of oppression and mismanagement against Tata Sons. It, however, di... - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:22pm -
The US dollar shone, while Asian shares slipped on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve announced a plan to start shrinking its balance sheet and signalled one more rate hike later this year.Euro... - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:22pm -
India’s global reputation as a peaceful and harmonious nation is being ruined by forces that are dividing the country, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today.Gandhi, 47, who was in the US on... - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:20pm -
Nifty 50 Sep Futures (10,109)The Nifty 50 futures contract, which was stuck in a narrow range between 10,140 and 10,190 since Monday, broke the range and dropped below 10,140 today. The contrac... - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:09pm -
Gold fell Rs 265 to Rs 29,509 per 10 grams at the futures trade as participants reduced their positions, largely in line with a weak trend overseas. Profit-booking at existing levels also weighed on ... - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:06pm -
Silver prices tumbled Rs 474 to Rs 39,773 per kg at the futures trade as speculators cut holdings amid a weak trend overseas. Silver for delivery in far-month December was trading sharply lower by... - 6 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:03pm -
California sued the Trump administration today to stop construction of a proposed wall on the US border with Mexico, arguing the federal government is overstepping its authority by waiving environmen... - 6 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:03pm -
Myanmar insisted today to the United Nations that the crisis in violence-torn Rakhine state was easing after heavy international criticism.Myanmar’s second Vice President Henry Van Thio addressed the... - 6 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 11:28am -
Aircraft movements at the main runway of the Mumbai airport was restored last night after the airport operator removed the SpiceJet aircraft which had skidded after landing amid heavy rains on Tuesda... - 7 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 10:48am -
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi today demanded the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution on Kashmir, asserting that his country will continue supporting the right to self-... - 7 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 10:47am -
Tata Sons will hold its annual general meeting today. The board has sought shareholders’ approval through special resolutions to amend its article of associations to convert the company froma public ... - 7 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 10:24am -
The S&P 500 and the Dow had ended slightly higher on Wednesday, adding to their string of closing records, after the Federal Reserve signaled it expects another interest rate hike by year-end and... - 7 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 10:21am -
ITC manufactures a range of cigarette brands, including India Kings, Classic, Gold Flake, Navy Cut, Capstan, Bristol, Flake, Silk Cut, which are manufactured at plants in Bengaluru, Munger, Saharanpur... - 15 Apr 16, 8:47pm -
Infosys on Friday said it has given a wage hikes of 6-12 per cent to its employees in India and of about 2 per cent to onsite workers. - 15 Apr 16, 7:05pm -
Terming the debate around visa-related issues as "rhetoric", Infosys chief Vishal Sikka on Friday said the company is working on becoming "independent of the visa issue" as much as possible and hire m... - 15 Apr 16, 5:56pm -
Pitching for more coordinated effort by G20 to boost global growth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that countries must avoid trade protectionist measures and refrain from competitive devaluati... - 15 Apr 16, 5:21pm -
Alkem was found to have engaged in "intentional misrepresentation" of data and duplicated results of electrocardiogram (ECG) readings of patients in trials, the German regulator said in a notice sent ... - 15 Apr 16, 5:17pm -
The broader market performance is complete opposite to last year, where minnows ruled as mid-cap and small-cap stocks beat their blue-chip peers for the second year in a row with an average return of ... - 15 Apr 16, 4:13pm -
Uber and Lyft are eviscerating the taxi industry in Los Angeles three years after they began operating in the city, officials say. - 15 Apr 16, 3:55pm -
Google in collaboration with RailTel, the telecom arm of the Indian Railways, has rolled out free WiFi service at 9 more stations, taking the total to 10 where it will offer high-speed Internet to an ... - 15 Apr 16, 3:11pm -
Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma today said presently only 0.40 per cent of the tourists in India opt for cruise tours, while India's share in the global cruise tourism market is 0.68 per cent. - 15 Apr 16, 2:24pm -
India's top cigarette maker ITC Ltd, part-owned by British American Tobacco, said it was not ready to print bigger health warnings on its packs as mandated by the government and will keep its factorie... - 15 Apr 16, 2:20pm -
"Steve Jobs always said you always connect the dots looking back ... every day that goes by I feel very comfortable that we will get there," Dr Sikka said, referring to the late founder of Apple Inc, ... - 15 Apr 16, 1:50pm -
Infosys is confident of revenues growing 11.5-13.5 per cent this fiscal despite softness in segments like insurance, energy and telecom. - 15 Apr 16, 1:16pm -
Infosys on Friday reported a net profit of Rs 3,597 crore on sales of Rs 16,550 crore in the March quarter, surpassing the Street estimates for the fourth straight time. - 15 Apr 16, 1:01pm -
The number of downgrades in credit rating of companies jumped marginally last fiscal, though it moderated from the highs of 2013-14, Care Ratings said on Thursday. - 15 Apr 16, 12:55pm -
However, some academics say the changes, which effectively involve breaking up the IKEA Group, could also disrupt the smooth running that makes IKEA so efficient. - 15 Apr 16, 12:40pm -
Reserve Bank may further lower the interest rate if inflation continues to ease and the monsoon turns out to be good, Governor Raghuram Rajan has said. - 15 Apr 16, 12:11pm -
Drug firm SeQuent Scientific has said its subsidiary Alivira Animal Health will acquire 70 per cent stake in Interchange Industria e Comercio de Productos Veterinarios SA Brazil for $3.6 million to fo... - 15 Apr 16, 11:53am -
Emphasising the need for globally coordinated policy decisions to remedy the global economic turbulence, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the time is ripe for a reevaluation of the fiscal poli... - 15 Apr 16, 11:42am -
The rupee snapped its three-day winning spree against the American currency by falling 21 paise to 63.72 on fresh dollar demand from banks and importers in view of a firm dollar in the overseas market. - 18 May 15, 6:21pm -
After consolidating for second straight day, late surge drove market on higher levels. The Sensex was up 363.30 points or 1.3 per cent at 27687.30 while the Nifty ended up 111.30 points or 1 per cent at 8373.65. - 18 May 15, 4:21pm -
In the last 10 years, India has discovered auctions for itself. All kinds of public resources (such as 3G spectrum) or contracts (such as power purchase agreements, PPAs) are auctioned off. - 18 May 15, 3:48pm -
The rupee appreciated by another 4 paise to 63.47 against the US dollar in the early trade on Monday, extending its winning streak for the fourth day on continued selling of the American currency by exporters. - 18 May 15, 10:02am -
The market has kick-started the week on a positive note. The Sensex is up 79.82 points or at 27403.82 and the Nifty is up 22.90 points at 8285.25. - 18 May 15, 9:38am -
The applicable price of domestic PNG to households in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad would be Rs 27.05 per scm, which is being increased from existing Rs 26.55 per scm. - 17 May 15, 10:11pm -
Making taxation more reasonable and improving ease of doing business will be among his top priorities going ahead, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday, as he outlined the economic road map of the Modi government for its second year. - 17 May 15, 8:08pm -
Making taxation more reasonable and improving ease of doing business will be among his top priorities going ahead, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday, as he outlined the economic road map of the Modi government for its second year. - 17 May 15, 4:45pm -
Giving the Modi government 7 out of 10 for its first year's performance, Assocham on Sunday said it still needs to cover some ground on tax issues and a lot more needs to be done on improving ease of doing business. - 17 May 15, 2:34pm -
With the Narendra Modi government set to complete a year in office, aviation industry experts say the sector hasn't had much to cheer about during this period as the much-needed reforms have either been in a go-around mode or in holding pattern. - 17 May 15, 12:53pm -
The controversial new income tax return forms, which had been put on hold, will be "far more simplified", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday, but kept the suspense on if the requirement of disclosing all bank accounts and foreign travels will be retained. - 16 May 15, 7:42pm -
ICICI Bank Ltd (ICBK.NS), India's biggest private sector lender by assets, on Saturday opened its first branch in China as trade between Asia's two key economies flourishes. - 16 May 15, 5:39pm -
Extending support to the Narendra Modi government's fight against black money, Switzerland has now committed to cooperate. Switzerland's Economic Affairs Minister Johann Schneider Ammann said the Swiss Parliament will consider changes in laws to facilitate the sharing of information in cases being probed on the basis of data stolen from swiss bank accounts. - 16 May 15, 11:36am -
On the third day of his visit to China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met CEOs of top Chinese companies in Shanghai on Saturday. Taking ties to a new level, 21 Memorandum of Understandings were signed between Indian and Chinese companies. - 16 May 15, 9:52am -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met CEOs of top Chinese companies in Shanghai on Saturday. Twenty one Memorandum of Understandings have been signed between Indian and Chinese companies. Representatives from top Chinese companies such as Alibaba, Xiaomi and Huawei attended the meeting. - 16 May 15, 8:29am -
On the final leg of his 3-day visit to China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met CEOs of top Chinese companies in Shanghai on Saturday. Twenty one Memorandum of Understandings have been signed between Indian and Chinese companies. - 16 May 15, 8:23am -
A majority of 54 per cent of listed companies are 'behind the curve' in carrying out an impact assessment for the new Indian Accounting Standards (Ind-AS), a survey said on Friday. - 15 May 15, 8:37pm -
Continuing its rising trend for the third straight day, the rupee on Friday rose by another 14 paise against the American currency to close at 63.51 on sustained selling of dollars by banks and exporters amid gains in equities. - 15 May 15, 6:27pm -
Logging second straight weekly gain, the benchmark BSE Sensex on Friday rose by 117.94 points to end at 27,324, led by gains in banking shares such as State Bank of India on hopes of a rate cut. - 15 May 15, 6:24pm -
The Labour Ministry has allowed investing a part of retirement fund body EPFO's (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation) incremental corpus in equity market in the form of exchange-traded funds, Central Provident Fund Commissioner K K Jalan said Friday. - 15 May 15, 6:21pm -
The US Fed’s continued stance on the policy rate normalisation is apparently positive for the US dollar, particularly with respect to emerging market currencies. - 49 mins ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:46pm -
Speaking to Moneycontrol on the sidelines of the launch of the compact sports utility vehicle Nexon Guenter Butschek, managing director, Tata Motors said, “We will have something important to announce about electric vehicles in the next few weeks”. - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:18pm -
In a seminar organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Rajnath Singh asked why some were objecting to the deportation of Rohingyas when Myanmar was ready to accept them. - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:15pm -
The TVS Apache RTR 160 is priced at Rs 77.865 (Ex-Showroom Delhi) and Apache 180 is priced at Rs 81,833. The disc brake variant of both motorcycles cost extra - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:07pm -
In an interview to CNBC-TV18#39;s Anshu Sharma, Prashant Jain, Joint MD CEO of JSW Energy spoke about the company#39;s plan to venture into thermal projects and electric vehicle space. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:01pm -
While listing the matter on October 25, the appellate tribunal after hearing both the parties said it will go through the arbitration award by LCIA before proceeding on the matter. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:59pm -
BPCL is looking to purchase either a part or whole of the government’s 54.88 percent stake in GAIL. The value of the entire stake (without any premium) is approximately worth Rs.37758 crore as calculated on today’s price. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:58pm -
ITC will have to grow at a compounded growth rate of 17.49 percent annually in foods business to achieve the set target of Rs 1,00,000 crore by 2030. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:37pm -
The company has received EIR from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) based on the successful inspection of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing facility at Alathur, Orchid Pharma said in a filing to BSE. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:33pm -
On September 14, the metals and mining major had said that it has been directed by the SPCB to temporarily close five units of its power plants. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:27pm -
Through its “Frequently bought together” and “Customers who bought this also bought” features, the site was directing users to buy individually harmless materials that become potent when used together. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:25pm -
Jhawar, who owns nearly 25 per cent of shareholding in the company, said the Royal Bank of Canada had been engaged as merchant banker which was expected to submit its report in two months. He said the wire rope division contributed Rs 1200 crore in total revenue. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:17pm -
"Financial inclusion as we see it today is not only providing the entire range of banking services, but also insuring that we provide opportunities for investment, insurance and pension products to every single Indian, no matter how small or how remote," Bhattacharya said in her address at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum yesterday. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:15pm -
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government is considering a plan to loosen the fiscal deficit target so that it could spend an additional 500 billion rupees ($7.7 billion) in the financial year ending in March 2018, two government sources said on Thursday. - 28 mins ago, 21 Sep 17, 5:07pm -
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - High-tech banks looking to enter the fintech zone may be asked to hold bigger liquidity and capital buffers due to the unique nature of their risks, the European Central Bank said in draft licencing guidelines on Thursday. - 55 mins ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:40pm -
HONG KONG (Reuters) - As the Federal Reserve signals an end to its decade of unconventional monetary stimulus, divergence between the policies of the U.S. and Asian central banks is growing, a stark contrast to an era when regional rate moves closely tracked the United States. - 59 mins ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:36pm -
(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings downgraded China's long-term sovereign credit rating on Thursday, less than a month ahead of one of the country's most sensitive political gatherings, citing increasing risks from its rapid build-up of debt. - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:33pm -
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's central bank has told banks to stop providing financial services to new North Korean customers and to wind down existing loans with North Korean customers, according to a document, four sources told Reuters. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:04pm -
REUTERS - Indian shares ended lower for a third straight session on Thursday, weighed down by banks such as ICICI Bank, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled one more rate hike later in the year. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:01pm -
GENEVA (Reuters) - Global trade is rebounding strongly but risks remain, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday, with commerce expected to grow by 3.6 percent in 2017, well above last year's 1.3 percent. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:01pm -
JUDABERG, Norway (Reuters) - The Norwegian island of Finnoey has the highest density of electric cars in the world. The reason? They are exempt from the $6,000-a-year toll charges for the tunnel to the mainland. - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:53pm -
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp is locked in last minute discussions over "key issues" with the would-be buyers of its $18 billion memory chip business led by U.S. private equity firm Bain, potentially delaying a formal agreement on the sale. - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:20pm -
TAIPEI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said it would pay $1.1 billion for the division at Taiwan's HTC Corp that develops the U.S. firm's Pixel smartphones - its second major foray into phone hardware after an earlier costly failure. - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:01pm -
This is no longer a phrase used to describe a person’s dietary choices. These days, it also refers to your political ideology and way of life - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:10pm -
If India implements policies that boost short-term growth, while laying the groundwork for long-term performance, confidence should rise naturally - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:42pm -
Implementing the recommendations of the 7th pay commission relating to TA, DoPT stops daily allowance for the central government employees on Leave Travel Concession effective 1 July 2017 - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:38pm -
The NHRC said it has taken up the Rohingya issue on humanitarian grounds but did not comment on the government’s assertion that the ‘illegal immigrants’ face deportation - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:26pm -
Spoiler alert: You aren’t watching the cleverest, best-plotted comedy on television—and I’m desperate to change that - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:11pm -
Jammu and Kashmir PWD minister Naeem Akhtar escaped unhurt as militants hurled a grenade at a busy bus stand in Tral in Pulwama, killing 2 civilians and injuring six others, police said - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:39pm -
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has promised ‘appropriate actions’ at the ‘right time’ to revive the slowdown-hit economy - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:39pm -
Mankind Pharma is working to make inroads in the lucrative US market and plans to file its first set of generic products with the US Food and Drug Administration in 2018 - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:32pm -
The income tax department carries out raids at multiple locations, including Siddhartha’s offices at Coffee Day Square in Lavelle Road and residence in Sadashivanagar - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:10pm -
Fed’s withdrawal of QE will mean that the supply of bonds will go up over time, other things remaining the same, which should increase US bond yields - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:31pm -
Telangana Congress is training its cadre to help farmers reap maximum benefit from various government welfare schemes - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:27pm -
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim says Japan, Europe and the US along with India were growing and there was a levelling-out in developing countries - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:06pm -
Tata Motors Nexon, powered by a 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol engine and 1.5-litre diesel engine, goes on sale from today - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:02pm -
HTC is selling 2,000 of its best and brightest engineers to Google for $1.1 billion. What’s not to love about $1.1 billion in cash? Except that HTC doesn’t need cash, it needs profits - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:42pm -
The NHRC recently issued a notice to the Centre over its plan to deport Rohingyas, who are residing in various parts of India - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:35pm -
Amit V. Masurkar on his journey from ‘Sulemaani Keeda’ to ‘Newton’ and why Bollywood has taken to small-town, slice-of-life tales lately - 5 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:22pm -
Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said his country has developed short-range nuclear weapons to counter the ‘cold start doctrine’ of the Indian Army - 6 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 11:35am -
Gold prices fall to its lowest in nearly four weeks as the Federal Reserve signalled it was on track to raise US interest rates again in December - 6 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 11:30am -
Matrimony.com shares open unchanged on BSE at Rs985 apiece, the same as the upper end of the price band of Rs983-985 - 7 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 10:28am -
BSE Sensex closes lower by 30 points, or 0.09%, to 32,370, while the Nifty 50 falls 19 points, or 0.19%, to close at 10,122. Here are the latest updates from the markets - 8 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 9:34am -
The rupee weakenes to over 11-week low against the US dollar while 10-year bond yield jumps to four month high on the speculation of widening fiscal deficit - 8 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 9:19am -
Unlike past episodes in Asia, when soaring prices threatened a broader inflation surge, the latest acceleration is expected to be transitory and remain confined - 8 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 9:06am -
Google, in a deal that comes with a non-exclusive licensing agreement for HTC intellectual property, is getting a team of employees that’ve worked on its Pixel smartphone - 9 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 8:35am -
Indian economy is sitting on a ticking pension time bomb as very few of the nation’s working population are saving for retirement - 9 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 8:32am -
Aftershocks of demonetisation and worries related to GST implementation have rattled business confidence among India’s CFOs, shows a Dun & Bradstreet India CFO survey - 12 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 5:24am -
The current introductory economics curriculum in India is dated and continues to be taught only because of habit and inertia - 14 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:46am -
As Gujaratis celebrate the Sardar Sarovar Dam, they might pause to reflect on whether it would restore to the most marginalized Gujaratis—farmers and adivasis—control over their lives - 14 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:39am -
SBI, as part of its non-core asset sale, may pare stake in stock exchanges, depositories, credit rating agencies to grow its capital base - 15 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:48am -
Analysts say the IUC cut by Trai highlights worries over regulatory environment in the telecom sector already disrupted by Reliance Jio - 15 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:18am -
Uber is probing whether executives in India, besides Eric Alexander, had acted improperly in the Uber Delhi rape case. If found so, there’s likely to be a shake-up in Uber India - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:50am -
US Federal Reserve, while holding interest rates, says it would begin in October to reduce its about $4.2 trillion in holdings of US treasury bonds - 18 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 11:43pm -
ITC has set an internal target of generating Rs65,000 crore from packaged foods by 2030 to reach its goal of Rs1-trillion revenue from its non-cigarette business - 18 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 11:26pm -
While 100% digitization is a myth, not achieved even in the US, by 2020 approximately 95% cable and satellite TV homes in India will enjoy the benefits of digitization - 18 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 11:24pm -
Securonix will use the funding from Volition Capital and Eight Roads Ventures to extend its investment in technology and expansion in domestic and global markets - 21 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 8:43pm -
The portions of shares reserved for institutional investors and retail investors in the SBI Life IPO were subscribed 5% and 15%, respectively - 23 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 6:51pm -
FM Arun Jaitley chairs inter-ministerial meeting to find solutions to the slow GDP growth problem—the most serious economic challenge that the govt has faced since it came to power in 2014 - 24 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 5:53pm -
OnePlus has changed its Apple-inspired marketing strategy to sell smartphones and is now branching out to physical retail and TV and outdoor advertising, much like Oppo and Vivo - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 1:58pm -
When Reliance Jio announced its Jio Phone two months ago, tariffs had seemed a tad high for the segment. Trai’s IUC cut can help correct this anomaly - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 1:52pm -
All P2P loan platforms will be treated as NBFCs and will be brought under the ambit of RBI, says a government notification - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 12:43pm -
Mumbai rains disrupted flight operations at the airport and affected rail services. Here are the latest updates and developments - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 12:04pm -
Highlights from forthcoming Saffronart auction of modern and contemporary art shows our continued fascination with Indian modernism - 2 days ago, 20 Sep 17, 3:24am -
E-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon are sparing no effort and expense to advertise their annual sale events—Big Billion Days and Great Indian Festival, respectively - 2 days ago, 20 Sep 17, 2:26am -
‘Big Little Lies’ was the other big winner on a night that saw Riz Ahmed snag an acting Emmy and Lena Waithe and Aziz Ansari a writing one - 3 days ago, 18 Sep 17, 3:19pm -
Cadila Healthcare’s US arm, Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc, is recalling 44,800 bottles of antidepressant Paroxetine tablets from the American market - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:10pm -
In other news, bootleggers may be given capital punishment in Gujarat and Delhi, if consumption of spurious liquor causes deaths - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:37pm -
Mankind Pharma is working to make inroads in the lucrative US market and plans to file its first set of generic products with the US Food and Drug Administration in 2018 - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:32pm -
The income tax department carries out raids at multiple locations, including Siddhartha’s offices at Coffee Day Square in Lavelle Road and residence in Sadashivanagar - 3 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 2:10pm -
Bhushan Power & Steel’s interim resolution professional (IRP) seeks potential resolution plan from prospective parties, in a newspaper advertisement - 8 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 10:03am -
Google, in a deal that comes with a non-exclusive licensing agreement for HTC intellectual property, is getting a team of employees that’ve worked on its Pixel smartphone - 9 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 8:35am -
Aftershocks of demonetisation and worries related to GST implementation have rattled business confidence among India’s CFOs, shows a Dun & Bradstreet India CFO survey - 12 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 5:24am -
Tata Steel group executive director Koushik Chatterjee on the criticality of the Tata Steel-Thyssenkrupp deal in Europe and what it means for the India business - 15 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:05am -
Yatra plans to use the funds from Temasek-backed InnoVen Capital to meet growth and diversification needs and to add service offerings - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:31am -
The acquisition of Erkunt Traktor Sanayii AS will provide Mahindra access to Turkish agricultural machinery market, the fourth largest globally - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:27am -
Titan’s brand Tanishq, one of the leaders in the organized jewellery market, still does not have a significant presence in India’s massive wedding segment - 16 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:07am -
Uber is probing whether executives in India, besides Eric Alexander, had acted improperly in the Uber Delhi rape case. If found so, there’s likely to be a shake-up in Uber India - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:50am -
Finian Tan explains his rationale for investing in India now, how he picks and backs start-ups and how Vickers Venture will build up a team in India - 17 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:08am -
Nasscom Foundation chief Shrikant Sinha talks about why he believes scalability is more important than pure innovation and how technology-led innovations can help India transform - 18 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:03am -
Bhel chairman Atul Sobti writes to Ashwani Lohani, the newly- appointed chairman of the Railway Board entrusting the ‘Maharatna’ with electrifying 1,000km of tracks initially - 18 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 12:01am -
ITC has set an internal target of generating Rs65,000 crore from packaged foods by 2030 to reach its goal of Rs1-trillion revenue from its non-cigarette business - 18 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 11:26pm -
Ratan Tata exudes confidence in Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran, expresses hope that the Tata group would always remain ethical - 19 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 10:26pm -
Anil Agarwal says the stake purchase in Anglo American was a family investment and he doesn’t intend to make a takeover offer for the company - 19 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 10:18pm -
Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran says the Thyssenkrupp-Tata Steel gives opportunities to focus on rapid growth and capture the markets - 20 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 9:12pm -
Government ‘s holding in NTPC has come down from 63.11% to 62.99% of total paid-up capital the power firm issued shares to employees - 21 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 8:43pm -
Securonix will use the funding from Volition Capital and Eight Roads Ventures to extend its investment in technology and expansion in domestic and global markets - 21 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 8:43pm -
A total of 107 home buyers moved the Supreme Court against an order of the NCLT that admitted Bank of Baroda’s insolvency petition against Amrapali’s project in Noida - 24 hours ago, 20 Sep 17, 6:02pm -
Thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel deal has galvanized political opposition in Germany as the move could see 4,000 steel jobs cut from a combined workforce of 48,000 - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 5:25pm -
Toshiba has agreed to sell its chip unit to a group led by Bain Capital, a key step in keeping the struggling Japanese conglomerate listed on the Tokyo exchange - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 5:19pm -
Drug firm Zydus Cadila has received the final approvals from the USFDA to market Desoximetasone ointment and Labetalol hydrochloride tablets - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 5:15pm -
NCDRC asked Unitech to refund over Rs49 lakh with 10% interest per annum to a Delhi resident, who had booked a flat with the real estate firm’s project at Greater Noida - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 5:09pm -
As part of the disinvestment exercise, the Union cabinet today decided to exit three ITDC hotels and handover them to the state governments - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 5:02pm -
ICICI Bank, Prudential are weighing a sale of about a 6% stake in ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to meet public shareholding down - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 4:50pm -
Ratan Tata, Lakshmi Mittal and Vinod Khosla feature in the Forbes’ list, besides Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 3:07pm -
Supreme Court directs Unitech to pay 39 homebuyers litigation costs of Rs80,000 each over delay in delivery of flats in its Gurugram housing project - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 2:58pm -
Diageo expects its first-half sales growth to suffer from the timing of Chinese New Year and a ban on selling alcohol near Indian highways - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 2:52pm -
Cairn Energy said final hearing in the international arbitration it has initiated against India’s retrospective tax demand has been pushed back by about 6 months to August 2018 - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 2:37pm -
The Tata Steel-Thyssenkrupp merger is a milestone for Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran who had vowed to tackle hot spots in the group - 1 day ago, 20 Sep 17, 10:06am -
Economic TimesSensex, Nifty end marginally lower; Dr Reddy's rallies 7%Economic TimesBenchmark indices made a smart rebound on Thursday to settle marginally lower, in line with weak Asian stocks, as rating agency S&P cut China's sovereign rating by one notch. Sensex fell 30 points to settle at 32,370, while Nifty settled at 10,122 ...Closing bell: Sensex, Nifty close lower, Dr Reddy's shares rise 7%LivemintMarket provisionally settles with small lossesBusiness StandardSensex settles 30 points lo… - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:32pm -
The Indian ExpressAirtel, Vodafone cry foul over TRAI slashing call connect charges, Jio says consumers stand to benefitFirstpostOlder telecom firms Bharti Airtel and Vodafone today cried foul over the regulator slashing call connect charges, saying it will worsen the financial health of telcos, a charge that newcomer Reliance Jio rubbished on grounds that customers must benefit ...Lower IUC seen as ending incumbency advantage of Airtel, Vodafone, IdeaLivemintIt's advantage Reliance Jio in telec… - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:23pm -
Economic TimesNCLAT ruling on rule waiver: Cyrus Mistry says 'vindicated'Economic TimesOusted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry today said the NCLAT judgement has vindicated his stand while Tata Sons said the allegations made by the petitioners are incorrect and it will defend its position at appropriate legal forums. The National Company ...Victory for Mistry on waiver plea before NCLAT in battle against Tata SonsTimes of IndiaMistry welcomes NCLAT ruling, demands complete transparency from Tata… - 1 hour ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:19pm -
Business TodaySBI to make cheque books, IFSC code of its six subsidiary banks invalid from September 30Business TodayThe State Bank of India on Wednesday issued a notification asking the customers of SBI's erstwhile associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank to apply for new SBI Cheque books as soon as possible. The bank said that cheque books of its all six ...Cheque books of 6 SBI subsidiary banks to be invalid from Oct 30Deccan ChronicleState Bank To Demonetise Associated Bank Cheque Books, Ap… - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:03pm -
India TodayAfter 7th Pay Commission, Modi government may decide on minimum pay hike for 50 lakh employees by JanuaryIndia TodayA hike in minimum pay has been one of the long-standing demands of Central government employees who want their salary to meet industry standards. IndiaToday.in | Edited by Kritika Banerjee. desk-itgd@intoday.com. New Delhi, September 21, 2017 ...Government May Take Final Call on Higher Minimum Pay in JanuaryIndia.com7th Pay Commission: Ministry of Finance likely to take… - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 4:01pm -
Economic TimesEconomists caution FM Arun Jaitley: Don't go Pranab's way with stimulusEconomic TimesJust when it looked like good going, the Modi government faces an existential crisis: red lights are blinking on the country's major macroeconomic parameters. Pressure is mounting on the government for policy support to pump-prime the economy, but ...Reviving India's economyLivemintReviving growth: It's time for Narendra Modi govt to spend; fiscal deficit is not a holy cowFirstpostStimulus package… - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:59pm -
VCCircleFestive sales bash: Snapdeal looks out of place as Paytm, ShopClues take the floorVCCircleThe biggest extravaganza in India's e-commerce sector is underway, and the contestants are pulling out all stops to maximise their sales volumes by offering steep discounts, cash backs, and what have you. While the fight for the top slot is between ...Etail battle may see Paytm Mall emerge as the new number 3Economic TimesFlipkart, Amazon, Paytm Mall Sale Offers: How your debit, credit cards can in… - 2 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 3:26pm -
Business TodayCafe Coffee Day owner VG Siddhartha raided today: All you need to know about India's coffee kingBusiness TodayThe Income Tax today conducted search operations at the premises of India's largest coffee chain -Cafe Coffee Day- owner VG Siddhartha. The raids are still on and early reports suggest that the Income Tax sleuths are looking for evidences of tax evasion.Tax department raids Coffee Day chairman's house, officesLivemintTax raids on Cafe Coffee Day chain owner in KarnatakaMone… - 4 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 1:23pm -
NDTVAmazon Preps for a Heated Race as India's Holiday Sales Kick OffNDTVIt's mere weeks to the festival of Diwali, and in a cavernous warehouse minutes from the Hyderabad airport, hundreds of workers are furiously sorting mountains of everyday items. There are sunglasses and shaving creams, sewing machines, vegetable ...Amazon offering special deals for Prime users: How to become an Amazon Prime memberIndia TodayBest car and bike accessories on Flipkart and Amazon under Rs 500, even a vacuum cl… - 6 hours ago, 21 Sep 17, 11:20am -
A man wipes off the headlights of the L.L. Bean Bootmobile in the parking lot at the facility where the famous outdoor boot is made. L.L. Bean is pushing back against a boycott led by a group urging consumers not to shop at retailers that support President-elect Donald Trump after it was revealed that Linda Bean, heir of the Maine-based company’s founder, had donated to a political action committee that helped elect Trump. “We are deeply troubled by the portrayal of L.L. Bean as a supporte… - 10 Jan 17, 10:16pm -
Trump tours a Carrier factory in Indianapolis, Dec. 1, 2016. Chuck Jones, the union leader who claims President-elect Donald Trump lied to Carrier employees while touting a deal to keep jobs in the U.S., says he started receiving harassing phone calls a half hour after Trump slammed him on Twitter. “I’ve been doing this job for 30 years,” Jones, president of the United Steelworkers Local 1999, told CNN on Thursday morning. - 8 Dec 16, 8:17pm -
The sight of workers sleeping on the job is common in China, where a surplus of cheap labor can lead to downtime and employees at startup companies work long hours. - 11 May 16, 11:09pm -
This story is part of a weeklong Yahoo series marking one year since the opening of relations between the United States and Cuba. - 15 Dec 15, 8:59am -
The main U.S. stock indexes hit record intraday highs on Monday, with the S&P 500 topping $20 trillion in combined market-capitalization for the first time ever, as the "Trump trade" jump-started on renewed optimism about the economy. President Donald Trump vowed last week to make a major tax announcement in the next few weeks, rekindling a rally that has stalled amid concerns over Trump's protectionist stance and lack of clarity on policy reforms. The S&P has surged 8.3 percent since Trump's No… - 13 Feb 17, 9:57pm -
(Reuters) - CBS Corp’s airing of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards drew a 16.0 overnight rating on Sunday night, down slightly from last year, according to Nielsen data. Last year’s Grammys show, which aired on a Monday night, drew a 16.1 overnight rating, translating to nearly 25 million viewers. - 13 Feb 17, 9:01pm -
U.S. stocks looked set to open higher on Monday as the so-called "Trump trade", which sent Wall Street to record highs last week, looked set to pick up speed after a brief lull. The three main U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs on Thursday and Friday as optimism about the economy rose after President Donald Trump vowed to make a major tax announcement in the next few weeks. The S&P 500 has surged 8.3 percent since Trump's Nov. 8 election, fueled by expectations he will lower corporate tax… - 13 Feb 17, 7:14pm -
By Jamie McGeever LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks and bond yields rose on Monday, lifted by a re-emergence of so-called "Trump trades" as investors bet that the U.S. president's tax reform plans will boost economic growth and corporate profits. The Japanese yen was the biggest underperformer among major currencies, as is typical when riskier assets such as stocks are doing well. Investors were also comforted by the two-day U.S.-Japan summit held over the weekend apparently having ended smoothly… - 13 Feb 17, 6:10pm -
Dutch brewer Heineken said on Monday that it will acquire Brasil Kirin Holding SA, one of the largest beer and soft drinks producers in Brazil, for 664 million euros ($704 million). Heineken said it will become the second largest beer company in Brazil after the deal. - 13 Feb 17, 4:07pm -
REUTERS - Indian shares ended nearly flat on Monday, as losses in financials such as Bank of Baroda Ltd and telecom company Idea Cellular Ltd offset gains in IT stocks. The BSE Sensex rose 0.06 percent to 28,351.62. The broader NSE Nifty rose 0.13 percent to 8,805.05. (Reporting by Tanvi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier) - 13 Feb 17, 3:38pm -
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Some global banks briefly froze credit lines for Singapore metal traders last month after a unit of commodities giant Glencore uncovered fake warehousing receipts, people familiar with the matter said, reviving the spectre of a $3 billion scandal that rocked the trading world three years ago. Two people who have metal storage dealings with Access World said the company told them the receipts were from a third party, not issued internally. "We checked with… - 13 Feb 17, 2:36pm -
The monthly average for home sales plummeted 40 per cent during November-December period in the top nine cities as customers put off their decision to buy homes in anticipation of a decline in prices post-demonetisation. - 13 Feb 17, 2:22pm -
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Disappointing domestic macro-economic data, along with below-than-expected quarterly results and profit booking, dragged the Indian equities markets lower during the mid-afternoon trade session on Monday. - 13 Feb 17, 1:38pm -
By Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) - India, the world's biggest consumer of sugar, will likely need to import around 1.5 million tonnes of the sweetener this 2016/2017 season, the chairman of one of the country's sugar trade associations told Reuters on Monday. "The timing of the imports will be settled by the government but I personally feel that around 1.5 million tonnes is enough," Praful Vithalani, the chairman of the All India Sugar Trade Association, said in an interview on the sidelines of… - 13 Feb 17, 1:11pm -
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected to confirm former Goldman Sachs banker and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary on Monday, returning a Wall Street veteran to the top U.S. economic and financial job for the first time in eight years. Mnuchin's appointment to Treasury signals the Trump administration's trust in bankers and other senior business executives after Democrat Barack Obama launched his presidency with career regulator Timothy Geithne… - 13 Feb 17, 11:55am -
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew for a fourth straight quarter in the final three months of last year as a weaker yen supported exports, but tepid private consumption and the risks of rising U.S. protectionism cast doubts over a sustainable recovery. Japan's export-driven growth over the quarter has helped fill the economic shortfall left by anaemic domestic demand, but accompanying this tailwind are concerns Japan's persistent trade surplus with the… - 13 Feb 17, 10:08am -
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Macro-economic inflation data, amidst the last batch of third quarter results, along with global cues are expected to chart the movement of the equities markets during the upcoming week. "Investors are expected to closely follow cues such as the quarterly results and the domestic economic data during the upcoming week and the price movement of the Indian rupee," Dhruv Desai, Director and Chief Operating Officer of Tradebulls, told IANS. "Indian equity markets are likely to… - 12 Feb 17, 4:40pm -
The five commodity boards, a few of which were established way back in 1940s, are responsible for production, development and export of tea, coffee, rubber, spices and tobacco. A merger of these boards could help in harmonising their activities and boost exports. The Coffee Board, which is a statutory organisation, was constituted under the Coffee Act, 1942. - 12 Feb 17, 3:22pm -
By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Michel Barnier has a dealmaker's flair for gauging what the other side can accept but as Theresa May prepares to launch Brexit negotiations some EU officials wonder if Brussels' man can really figure out what she wants. "He's very good at working out what people want, where the landing zones are to get them to agreement," said one of several people who have worked with Barnier and spoke to Reuters about the EU's chief Brexit negotiator. "He reads a room… - 12 Feb 17, 2:11pm -
Hinging heavily on a protectionist rhetoric Donald Trump rode to power in the US presidential elections. India, along with other developing nations in Asia, watched with trepidation and in no time felt the first aftershock – a massive outflow of funds from its bourses with investors betting big in the US markets on hopes that Trump would revive the nation’s economy big time. In his resolve to “bring jobs back to America,” Trump has initiated an overhaul of the existing visa programmes to… - 12 Feb 17, 3:24am -
Authorities in China's third-largest city warned that about 30 percent of its live poultry markets were contaminated with the H7N9 avian flu virus, as an eastern province ordered markets to shut, state media reported on Saturday. East China's Zhejiang province has ordered all markets across the province to halt live poultry trade on Saturday over bird flu concerns, state media Xinhua reported citing the province's Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In January, Zhejiang reported 35 infect… - 11 Feb 17, 10:27pm -
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday credited securities market regulator SEBI for being a professional organisation which has been evolving as per the needs of the economy. Jaitley's comments on the evolution of SEBI's role came after he addressed its Board at a post-Budget meet. "SEBI is a professional organisation with considerable experience," Jaitley said adding that it has been evolving as per the needs of the economy and the markets. - 11 Feb 17, 9:02pm -
Buoyed by increased buying in debt and equity by foreign investors, the Indian rupee gained to hit a 14-week high against the US dollar on Friday. The domestic currency closed at 66.85 to the greenback. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have been sustained buyers of both debt and stocks over the past few trading sessions, except on certain days. Direct and indirect tax collections for the 10-month period ending January 2017 increase by 10.8 percent and 23.9 percent, respectively. - 11 Feb 17, 4:59pm -
Vishal Sikka, CEO and MD of Infosys, will be the most-watched man on Monday (February 13) when he speaks at the Kotak conference. Apart from retail shareholders, institutional investors will be keen to listen to him even as the Indian IT services firm faces a tough battle involving the management and the founders. "Dr. Vishal Sikka, CEO & MD – Infosys will deliver a key note address at the Kotak's Chasing Growth Conference, on February 13 at 10.00 am IST. - 11 Feb 17, 2:47pm -
